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Montage: 47 Coffee/Cocktail Tables

Now that our living room is habitable again (aside from the two extra dining tables taking up half the space), I’ve decided to try out the Heywood-Wakefield coffee table with revolving top that we salvaged from my husband’s grandparents house. I had initially been thinking of an airy brass and glass piece, to work with the pair of atomic ball and brass-plated  vintage lamps from eBay and yet to be chosen future chandelier, but this one looks pretty good.

It works nicely with our Petrie sofa, which has similar lines to the original 1960s pieces his grandparents used to furnish the house. (Too bad our sofa is uncomfortable. Actually, it’s fine for cocktails, but not conducive to lying around with a laptop. Which do you think I spend more time doing?

Here are 49 living rooms with various styles of coffee table (or cocktail table, I guess the term is interchangeable). If you’re working on figuring out what type of design will work for you, these images will provide some ideas.

Jamie Bush & Co.
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Christina Yorkston, CY Design
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Rue Magazine
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Aerin Lauder’s Aspen house by Daniel Romualdez in Vogue
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via The Brick House
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via Design Traveller
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Aqua Vitae Design
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unidentified
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Jonathan Adler
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Philip Gorrivan Design
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Shelton, Mindel, & Associates
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Shelton, Mindel, & Associates
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Tricia Guild
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Angie Hranowsky Design Studio
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Photographer Simon Watson
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unidentified
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Photographer John Coolidge
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Katie Lydon
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Fernlund + Logan Architects
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Photographer Simon Watson
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via Poppytalk
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Muriel Brandolini
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Vita Designs
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unidentified
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Turnbull, Griffin, Haesloop Architects
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Dave Coote Interiors
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Photographer Jon Jensen
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Jonathan Adler
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unidentified
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Muriel Brandolini
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via The Glamourai
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Greg Natale   |   Aerin Lauder’s NYC apartment in Elle Decor
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Amanda Nisbet Design   |   via Lilac Silhouette
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John Loecke   |    Matt Eastwood
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unidentified   |   unidentified
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unidentified   |   Photographer Hoetze Eisma
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Greg Natale   |    unidentified
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Vanessa Bruno’s apartment   |    Photographer Trevor Tondro
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Tommy Hilfiger’s apartment    |    Shelton, Mindel, & Associates

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Design Diary: Tommy Hilfiger’s NYC Apartment

Harper’s Bazaar shot Tommy Hilfiger, his wife Dee and baby Sebastian at the family’s newly re-furbished duplex at The Plaza. They purchased it in 2008, and tried to sell it last year – for a mere $50 million – but now seem thrilled with the space, which the designer describes as”old-world atmosphere complementing the old-world Plaza.”

The condo, perched on the 18th and 19th floors, replaces Hilfiger’s Greenwich mansion, which he sold recently for $20 million. He still has his Mustique getaway and they’ve also purchased a smaller weekend retreat in another Connecticut suburb. After all, all the other kids (he has 4, she has 2) are either grown or at boarding school. Hilfiger describes this palace-like apartment as “cozy.”

The decor incorporates 20-plus Warhols, a Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Harry Benson photographs of Truman Capote’s 1966 Black and White Ball, which took place at The Plaza, and counted Babe Paley, Mia Farrow and Frank Sinatra as guests. There’s also the original New York Times sign in the study, furniture that once belonged to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, and a crystal sailing-ship chandelier in the nursery.  It’s all so very grandiose.

Photos by Douglas Friedman

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